Nouvelle Vague (album)
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| Cover album by Nouvelle Vague | ||
| Released | 9 August 2004 (UK) 2 November 2004 (France) 3 May 2005 (US) |
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| Genre | Bossa nova | |
| Length | 46:30 | |
| Label | Peacefrog (UK / France) PFG051 / PFG051CD (standard edition, 8/04) PFG062CD (limited edition, 11/04) Luaka Bop (US) |
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| Nouvelle Vague chronology | ||
| Nouvelle Vague (2004) |
Bande à Part (2006) |
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Nouvelle Vague is the 2004 debut album by Nouvelle Vague. The album consists entirely of bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/New Wave era. "Nouvelle Vague" means "new wave" in French.
UK music magazine DJ selected the album as the 4th best of 2004[1], and The Guardian included it in its list of the 10 "most beautiful sleeves of 2004"[2].
[edit] Track listing
(name of band covered listed to right of song)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division) – 3:18
- "Just Can't Get Enough" (Depeche Mode) – 3:07
- "In a Manner of Speaking" (Tuxedomoon) – 3:58
- "Guns of Brixton" (The Clash) – 4:06
- "This Is Not a Love Song" (Public Image Ltd.) – 3:47
- "Too Drunk to Fuck" (Dead Kennedys) – 2:16
- "Marian" (The Sisters of Mercy) – 3:53
- "Making Plans for Nigel" (XTC) – 3:32
- "A Forest" (The Cure) – 3:39
- "I Melt With You" (Modern English) – 4:00
- "Teenage Kicks" (The Undertones) – 2:13
- "Psyche" (Killing Joke) – 4:12
- "Friday Night Saturday Morning" (The Specials) – 4:22
- "Sorry for Laughing" (Josef K) (bonus track on limited edition and US edition) – 3:09
- "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (A Flock of Seagulls) (bonus track on limited edition) – 2:42
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